- From: Sam Hunting <sgmlsh@CAM.ORG>
- Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 16:45:50 -0500 (EST)
- To: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
<david> I do want to make XML, and XML linking stand on their own, without normative references to ISO standards. </david> <len> I'm not sure if that goal has any utility. Whereas, gratuitous references are not useful, normative references establish a chain of authoritative information. That does have utility. </len> David: If that is your goal, then what am I to make of Design Goal (3) "XML shall be compatibble with SGML"? What's more normative than "shall"? More ISO than SGML? Len: I agree. The kind of work I do is long-lived. For the sake of the integrity of my client's content, I want a stable reference point. Normative references, warts and all, provide that.
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